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phenylenes

phenylenes is the plural of phenylene.

Meaning of phenylene

Noun

phenylene (plural phenylenes)

  1. Any of three isomeric divalent aromatic radicals derived from benzene by removing two hydrogen atoms from the ortho-, meta- or para- positions.

Questions about phenylenes

What is phenylenes the plural of?
Phenylenes is the plural of phenylene.

Words near phenylenes in the dictionary

  1. phenylene
  2. phenylenediamine
  3. phenylenediamines
  4. phenylenedicarbene
  5. phenylenedicarbenes
  6. phenylenes
  7. phenylenevinylene
  8. phenylenevinylenes
  9. phenylephedrine
  10. phenylephrine
  11. phenylephrines

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